Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!sdcc6!sdcc13!rkim From: rkim@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Let's kill one eye!) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: 8087 Emulator Message-ID: <18235@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 12 Apr 91 15:59:35 GMT References: <1991Apr8.003341.15091@mccc.edu> <14331@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1lfghlm@rpi.edu> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 23 In article <1lfghlm@rpi.edu> yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger) writes: >Here is something WARPED.. Anybody knows of a 8087 emulator FOR the 8088 >chip? Friend of mines want to run AutoCad under an 8088 and needs a math >coprocessor.. Imagine the speed.. Need 8087 emulator for 8088 chip.. >HELP? > You must be crazy, or your friends must be, as software emulation of 8087 running UNDER 8088 would be ridiculously SLOW... Better yet, why not BUY an 8087? I think a 10Mhz version sells at about $150. I never run graphics intensive programs on my XT (10Mhz), as I relegate that task to my Mac IIci, and I even find that, at times (when running Pagemaker), a little slow. Good luck anyways, -- Robert W. Kim rkim@ucsd.edu University of California, San Diego. kimbob@ucsd.edu Remember, even if you win the rat race -- you're still a rat.